Policy Statement on How & When to Change Archives Data
USMS History and Archive Committee Policy Statement regarding corrections to the data listed in the USMS Archives Files
Proposed corrections to USMS Archive data involving USMS All Americans, USMS All Stars, and USMS National Records generally will require the approval of the USMS Executive Committee and approval of either the USMS Records and Tabulation Committee Chairman or the Long Distance Committee Chairman if the correction involves the addition or deletion of a swimmer to the All American and All Star lists or if the correction changes the name of the person credited with a National Record. The approval of the current USMS Records and Tabulation Committee Chairman is required when the data proposed for correction involves USMS Pool All Americans, USMS Pool All Stars, or USMS National Records. The approval of the current Long Distance Chairman is required when the data proposed for correction involves USMS Long Distance All Americans, USMS Long Distance All Stars, or USMS Long Distance National Records.
The USMS History and Archives Committee will submit the proposed Archived Data correction only after doing complete research into the data being questioned and only when we have clear evidence that a correction is warranted. The History and Archive Committee acknowledges that there may be or may have been errors in the data submitted to us for archiving. While it is not a high priority of this committee to search out and discover past errors, we will research potential errors and take appropriate action when potential errors are discovered by the History and Archives Committee or are brought to our attention.
